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FIRST SERIES 



CHANGEABLE 



INDIAN CLUB 



EXERCISES 



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=5? F. P. ROTH WELL, 



Gymnasium Director and Professor of Physiology, 
William Jewell College, 
LIBERTY, MO. 



DIRECTIONS. 

(1) Hold the body erect, and STILL, moving only 
the arms. 

(2) Swing the clubs in perpendicular circles. 

(3) The clubs must pass the body at right angles. 

(4) Hold the knobs loosely, that they may pivot 
nicely in the palms. 

(5) Keep the clubs together and parallel, when 
going in the same direction, and send them squarely 
sidewards, not obliquely. 

(6) For large circles extend the arms full v. 

EXPLANATIONS. 

The figures in parentheses indicate the positions of 
the clubs for the first few counts. Each exercise has 
twelve counts, after which the clubs change easily into 
the succeeding movement. 

All movements are supposed to begin from the 

" Starting Position;" but, for convenience in teaching 

and describing them, some other position is sometimes 

taken for the initial movement: do not confound them. 

The exercises here given are for both clubs, and pre- 
sume some preparatory practice, but may be easily 
mastered by most persons if they will practice the 
movement first with the right club, then with the left, 
then with both clubs. 

A wrist circle is one in which the club is swung 
around the wrist as the fixed point. The small letters 
in parentheses indicate the direction of a* wrist circle — 
thus: ( w ) signifies that the motion is in the direction of 
the hands of a watch; (o) that it is opposite. 

A large circle is one in which the arm is fully ex- 
tended during ^ of the circuit. 

A complete circle combines a large and small or wrist 
circle. 

Inward means towards the body from the position of 
the club in starting position. 

The Starting Position is: Body erect, heels close, 
toes separated at an angle of 60 °, the clubs perpendic- 
ular and parallel in front of the chest, the elbows well 
back, forearms horizontal. 

For class exercising the director calls the name of 
the exercise, commands Starting Position! Ready — 

Begin! 1! 2! 3! 4! etc., to Halt! or Change! as 

the case may be. 



FIRST EXERCISE. 

The Backward Bend. 

From starting position swing the clubs towards the 
right-down across the knees('); up left side to high ver- 
tical, turning the body on the heels to left-face (2); re- 
verse the swing-down across knees( 3 ); up right side to 
high vertical, turning on the heels to right face (4); so, 
repeat to twelfth count. 

[Note. — Keep the body still, the clubs close togeth- 
er and straight up in the vertical.] 

SECOND EXERCISE. 

The Sideward Bend. 

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From position of twelfth count, above, swing out- 
ward-right, down across kneesO); up left side, through 
the vertical, over to right-oblique-upward (2); reverse 
the movement, down across knees (3); up right side, 
through the vertical, over to left-oblique-upward ( 4 ): 
so continue twelve counts. 

[Note. — Keep clubs parallel, and bend squarely.] 



THIRD EXERCISE. 

The Complete Rig] it. 

To learn this exercise, place each club over its own 
shoulder, the clubs vertical and parallel; lean them a 
little towards the right, then let them fall around be- 
hind shoulders, describing wrist-circles( w ); returning 
above their shoulders, swing them to side right-down 
across knees, up left side to position over shoulders; 
and so repeat. 

(Practice with right, then left, then both clubs.) 

Having learned the exercise, proceed thus: From 
twelfth count in last exercise, swing the clubs to side 
right-down across kneesO 1 . up side left to position over 
shoulders, describing wrist-circles ( 2 ); and so continue. 

[Note. — Move only the arms; send the clubs square- 
ly to the right.] 



FOURTH EXERCISE. 

A Iter n ate Drop Circles. 

Pass the clubs, by a pendulum movement, to left 
side horizontal('); drop the ends outward-downward, 
describing wrist-circles (°), body turning on heels to left- 
face ( 2 ); swing, by pendulum movement, to right-side 
horizontal ( 3 ); drop the ends outward-downward, de- 
scribing wrist-circles( w ), body turning on heels to right- 
face ( 4 ); and so continue. 



FIFTH EXERCISE. 

Combined Hips and Head Circles. 

Swing clubs down side right to their respective hips 
(arms still extended); stop the hands, allowing the mo- 
mentum to carry the clubs, by wrist-circles(w), around 
the hands, fixed in front of their respective hips, 
onceO), twice (2), three times(3); thence on up left side 
to right leaning position over shoulders, describing 
wi ist-circles( w ) behind shoulders(4); swing on to right, 
and repeat. 

[Note. — Be careful to make the hip-circles perpen- 
dicular. ] 



SIXTH EXERCISE. 

The Back Change. 

Swing down side right, the right club going behind 
the back and resting obliquely downward from the left 
front hip (arm around waist, hand at left hip,) the left 
club passing in front, by pendulum movement, to left 
side horizontalO); left club moves alone downward be- 
hind left thigh, is forced on upward by the fingers and 
upturning wrist till it rests at back elbow, the hand 
now moves around to the front, permitting the club to 
fall in front of hip, thus finishing a wrist-circle, one 
half of which is done behind, the other half in front of 
the hip (this movement is called a back-circle) (2); the 
right club, disengaging itself, moves rightward to join 



Firs! Series 



Second Series. 



1 Backward Bend. 

2 Sideward Bend. 

3 Complete Right. 

4 Alternate Drops. 

5 Combined Hips and 

Head. 

6 Back Change. 

7 Outer Reel. 

8 Double Outer. 

9 Back Divide. 



1 Balance Movement. 

2 Double Inner. 

3 Inner Reel. 

4 Outer Reel. 

5 Complete Right. 

6 Same, with Facings. 

7 Completes Combined. 

8 Follow Combination. 

9 Continuous Wrist Cir- 
cles (o). 



^O^Either series may be repeated, starting to left. 



Send for "Mutual Resistance Exercises," "Change- 1 
able Indian Club Exercises," "Free movements for 
a Large Class on the Field," "Free Movements for 
Class or Home," and "Tactics," by the same author. 



the left club at side right (obliquely downward) (3); 
clubs now pass to leaning-left position, over shoulders, 
and describe wrist-circles (°) behind shoulders ( 4 ); clubs 
now swing down left side, the left club going behind 
and the right in front [this is (i) reversed] (5); right 
club makes back circle (6); is joined by left at left- 
downward-oblique (7); both swing on up to leaning- 
right over shoulders, describing wrist-circles( w ) behind 
shoulders ( 8 ). 

[Note. — Practice the first four counts a number of 
times from right-side horizontal; then second four from 
left-side horizontal; then combine. Give special prac- 
tice to the back circles.] 



SEVENTH EXERCISE. 

The Outer Reel. 

To learn this movement, hold the clubs in opposi- 
tion: right club at side right obliquely upwards, left 
club at side left obliquely downward. The clubs now 
move simultaneously in different lines, the right club 
doing a wrist-circle(w) behind right shoulder, thence 
passing to side right obliquely downwards; the left 
club swings across knees, up right side, across face, to 
side left obliquely upwards 0); clubs now being in op- 
position (left club uppermost), the left does the wrist- 
circle(o) 5 passing to left oblique downwards, while the 
right swings across knees, up side left, across face, to 
right oblique upwards ( 2 ). So repeat. 

[Note. — Practice count (i) separately, then count 
(2), then combine; finally, practice changing from the 
Back Change into this movement, which is done as 
follows: The twelfth count of the Back Change left 
our clubs in leaning — left position over shoulders, 
swing down side left and across knees, by pendulum 
movement('), the right club stopping in side right 
downward-oblique, the left club passing on upward, 
across face, to side left upward-oblique; then comes 
count (2), as described above. 



EIGHTH EXERCISE. 

The Double Outer. 

To learn this exercise, place each club over its own 
shoulder, the ends leaning outward, forming an angle 
of 30 ; drop the clubs outwards, describing wrist cir- 
cles in opposite directions( 2 ) ; on completion of wrist- 
circles, pass the clubs outwards from each other to 
swing down, crossing at lower front, thence upwards to 
initial positionO). 

[Note. — When the arms go outwards, extend them 
to make a full swing; also, send them squarely out- 
ward, not obliquely.] 

To change from Outer Reel into this movement, give 
the right club, at the twelfth count, an extra wrist- 
circle without changing the action of the left; the clubs 
then cross at lower front on count (1); describe wriss- 
circles on count (2) and repeat. 

NINTH EXERCISE. 

iti/The Back Divide. 

Hold the clubs, in opposition, at sides horizontal; 
start them simultaneously downwards, the right club 
doing a back circle(') and passing up side left and across 
face to right horizontal (2), while the left passes the 
knees (0, up side right, across the face, doing wrist- 
circle(o) at back left shoulder, moving on to left hori- 
zontal ( 2 ). The clubs being now in opposition, on count 
(2) the same action is repeated, except that the left 
club goes bejiind and the right in front, and thus we 
make counts (3)" and (4). On the eleventh count make 
both clubs pass at lower front, coming to chest on 
count (12). 



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